Senior Manager, Business Credit Risk at EBU in Sydney, NSW, Australia

Job description

• Create your best future and join Westpac as a Senior Manager, Business Credit Risk
• Join Westpac's Group Audit team and play a critical role in providing independent assurance over the management of credit risk across our commercial, corporate and small business lending portfolios. You'll partner with senior stakeholders across the Group to assess the effectiveness of credit risk frameworks, identify emerging risks, and provide insights that support strong risk management outcomes. This is an opportunity to apply your deep credit expertise, commercial judgement and stakeholder influence in a highly visible role that helps strengthen one of Australia's leading financial institutions.
• This is a permanent opportunity based in Sydney with hybrid working flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent assurance over the management of credit risk across commercial, corporate and small business lending portfolios.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across the Group to assess the effectiveness of credit risk frameworks.
• Identify emerging risks and provide insights that support strong risk management outcomes.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in commercial, corporate or business credit risk, with the ability to assess portfolio risks, lending practices and risk management frameworks.
• The confidence and credibility to engage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders across business, risk and executive leadership teams.
• Sound knowledge of credit risk regulatory requirements and their practical application within a banking environment.
• Strong analytical and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex issues into clear, balanced and actionable insights.
• Experience leveraging data and analytics to assess risk, identify trends and support decision-making, with exposure to tools such as SQL, SAS, Power BI, Tableau or similar highly regarded.

Skills

Required

• Stakeholder engagement and influence

Preferred

• Data and analytics experience
• SQL
• SAS
• Power BI
• Tableau

Benefits

• We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:
• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.